A traditional domain sale involves an upfront payment to acquire the domain name outright. However, there are plenty of cases where upfront payment isn’t feasible or appropriate for either buyer or seller.
In these cases, alternative payment methods come to the fore. Offering stock options is one such alternative payment method.…
In April 2021, domain marketplace Sedo sold Link.co for $162,000, marking one of the largest .co sales of the year. According to NameBio, the sale of Link.co also ranks as the third-largest publicly-disclosed .co sale of all time.
For months, the identity of the buyer was unknown.…
Legendary domain investor Rick Schwartz is no stranger to a seven-figure domain deal, with deals including Porno.com for $8,888,888.88 and Candy.com for $3 million.
Schwartz has only ever sold a handful of his domain names, declining most offers that he receives. One offer that he negotiated and ultimately agreed upon was a multi-million deal for Ass.com.…
Artificial intelligence is becoming commonplace in business, with millions of companies adopting AI for various reasons. The influence of AI is reflected in the funding, with 2021 a record year for global AI funding, with $20 billion worth of backing flowing in during Q2 of 2021 alone.…
In the fourth quarter of 2021, running from October 1 to December 31, 802 companies and solopreneurs added projects to Crunchbase, one of the largest databases for startup and established company data. Fortunately for this article, Crunchbase data includes domain names, which meant I was able to take a look at the type of domain names startups used in Q4 of 2021.…
In May 2006, Diamond.com changed hands in a deal worth $7.5 million. Since then, this iconic domain has hosted several iterations of a jewelry store, with owners looking to capitalize on the prestige of Diamond.com.
By 2015, Diamond.com was put up for sale, and in 2018 the domain changed hands, with the name displaying a landing page promoting a cryptocurrency exchange.…